Twanging

NOTE 20: Horizontal or vertical twanging: The Club Scout
and most other frequency analyzers are designed to measure the shaft
while oscillating in a vertical plane. The Digi Flex on the other hand
measures oscillations in the horizontal plane. There is no technical
advantage of one over the other. The results will be identical. One
clubmaker, the famous Ed Johnson of "Spinetalk" fame, said because of
space limitations in his shop he wished his Club Scout III could be
used with the shaft oscillating in the horizontal plane. He proceeded
to set the electronics box on its end and twang the shaft in a horizontal
plane. This worked fine except the display is now upside down. He contacted
me to ask if the display could be physically flipped around. It can't
but you'll notice in the pictures of the CS II and CS III that the displays
are actually reversed from one another. This is done in the software
and controlled by a simple program jumper wire. By simply changing this
jumper the display will be flipped upside down and the CSIII can be
used in the horizontal mode. If you have a CS III and wish to have it
changed send me the unit and $5 to cover the shipping and I'll change
the program pin for you and return the unit by priority mail. If your
ordering a new unit and want this change let me know,...no charge. If
you're handy with a soldering iron and promise not to wreck anything
I'll send you instructions on how to do it yourself. Remember that in
this mode it becomes a bit messy to measure torque. If you want to switch
back and forth between the two modes I can install a selector switch
for $20.